What Does A Family History of Diabetes, High Blood Pressure or Heart Attacks Really Mean? Iāve spoken with many patients who worry about their health and that of their children because there seems to be a strong family history of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or even heart attacks.Ā Ā Their concerns are obvious but […]
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A recent study has shown women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) have a three-fold greater chance of having diabetes later in life. This is not surprising since both are the symptoms of a much larger problem, insulin resistance. Just as not so surprising, all three, insulin resistance, diabetes and PCOS have been shown to improve
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Brown Rice is Not as Healthy as You Think Many patients will ask me if it’s OK for them to eat more carbs than I recommend (less than 100 grams per day)Ā to control their diabetesĀ as long as they are eatingĀ low-glycemic carbs (think whole wheat bread or pasta,Ā brown rice, vegetables and fruit). The answer is no.
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A reduction in carbohydrate consumption has been shown to be more effective in lowering blood pressure than eating a low fat diet. The study compared low carbohydrate diet with a low fat diet that was combined with a weight loss drug. The low carbohydrate diet groupĀ was much more effective than the low fat diet plus
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Why Starting The Atkins Diet Causes You To Feel Tired Patients who go on the Atkins low carbohydrate diet often experience headaches, ābrain fogā, lightheadedness or fatigue the first few weeks after reducing their carbohydrate intake. These symptoms will improve after a few weeks but for some individuals they can be quit severe and will
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What is Gout? Gout is a common form of arthritis that has been recognized for centuries.Ā Patients often will complain of experiencing recurrent episodes of pain and inflammation in a joint, particularly the large toe and usually lasts for 1-2 weeks. Ā It is often associated with obesity and excessive alcohol consumption. Gout is triggered by
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What is Gout? Gout is a common form of arthritis that has been recognized for centuries.Ā Patients often will complain of experiencing recurrent episodes of pain and inflammation in a joint, particularly the large toe and usually lasts for 1-2 weeks. Ā It is often associated with obesity and excessive alcohol consumption. The incidence of gout
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Excess Carbohydrates Cause Elevated Triglycerides Overweight patients commonly have elevations of their small LDL cholesterol and triglycerides as well as decreases of their HDL cholesterol; all of these changes Ā correlate with an increased risk of heart attacks.Ā Ā This pattern is collectively known as atherogenic dyslipidemia and is associated with the narrowing of arteries called atherosclerosis.
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Excess Carbohydrates Cause Elevated Triglycerides Overweight patients commonly have elevations of their small LDL cholesterol and triglycerides as well as decreases of their HDL cholesterol; all of these changes Ā correlate with an increased risk of heart attacks.Ā Ā This pattern is collectively known as atherogenic dyslipidemia and is associated with the narrowing of arteries called atherosclerosis.
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What Does A Family History of Diabetes, High Blood Pressure or Heart Attacks Really Mean? Iāve spoken with many patients who worry about their health and that of their children because there seems to be a strong family history of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or even heart attacks.Ā Ā Their concerns are obvious but
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Hi everyone, As you know, I have always tried to use the latest technology to improve my communication and care I provide my patients. I started using an electronic medical records system in the mid-90’s and have used the system to provide patients with a complete visit summary after each visit.Ā I believe this review
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Excess Abdominal Fat – Your Body Maybe Abnormally Storing Fat IfĀ it does, donāt think youāre alone.Ā Many Americans are dealing with the same thing.Ā Patients complain about it to me all the time.Ā What youĀ may beĀ experiencing is an accumulation of fat within the abdominal cavity (called intra-abdominal fat).Ā Ā And your body may be abnormally storing fat
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormone disorder among women of reproductive age.Ā PCOS affects approximately 5-14% of women (depending on the definition used).Ā here is no significant difference between white and black women with regard to incidence of PCOS when controlling for BMI and age. PCOS is often associated
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IfĀ it does, donāt think youāre alone.Ā Many Americans are dealing with the same thing.Ā Patients complain about it to me all the time.Ā What youĀ may beĀ experiencing is an accumulation of fat within the abdominal cavity (called intra abdominal fat).Ā Ā And your body may be abnormally storing fat there because the carbohydrates (sugar and starches) in your
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Soda is Dangerous In aĀ recently published studyĀ in the November 2010 issue of Diabetes Care, Dr Vasanti S Malik (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA)Ā reported that consumption of just one or two sugar-sweetened beverages per day is associated with a 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 20% increased risk
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PoisoningĀ Our Children’sĀ Future The diabetes epidemic is growing so rapidly that presently 1 of every 10 adults in the U.S. has diabetes.Ā That number is anticipated to grow to 1 of every 3 adults by 2050.Ā That means that 1/3 of all those beautiful little kids in your childās classroom, 1/3 of their soccer teammates and
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Ā The Myth Almost everyday a patient tells me they believe eating 5 times a day is important. They remember hearing that eating multiple times a day helps keep their blood sugar up. To make matters worse, patients believe they are suppose to specifically eat carbohydrates throughout the day. I understand why theyĀ believe this. I hearĀ and
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormone disorder among women of reproductive age.Ā PCOS affects approximately 5-14% of women (depending on the definition used).Ā here is no significant difference between white and black women with regard to incidence of PCOS when controlling for BMI and age. PCOS is often associated
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Headaches, A Common Malady A common problem many people experience from time-to-time is a headache. We can still function through the day with a mild headache but they can sometime become so severe as to incapacitate a person.Ā There are many known causes of headaches but there are only a few that occur quite commonly
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Insulin 101 Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas in response to the presence of blood sugar (glucose) that is released into the blood stream after we eat carbohydrates (sugar and starches).Ā The higher the blood sugar level, the more insulin is produced. The insulin signals our muscle and liver to pull the blood
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Introduction I see many men and women who complain of recurrent urinary tract infections.Ā They may also complain of frequent urination in the daytime or at night, have sudden urges to urinate or may even leak a little urine when they sneeze or cough (stress incontinence). Many have report they have had normal bladder evaluations
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Introduction Many people are familiar with the occasionally sensation of feeling light-headed when getting up out of bed or after bending over to pick up an item or tie their shoes. This lightheadedness can sometimes be accompanied by visual changes such as seeing black spots, burred vision or transient vertigo. On occasion, the lightheadedness can
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Introduction Many patients commonly experience symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency or incontinence.Ā They may wake 2-4 times at night to urinate, have a sensation of needing to urinate but produce only a small amount of urine, have frequent or even the surprisingly urgent need to urinate during the daytime. Does this sound familiar?Ā Many of
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Urinary Frequency & Incontinence – Introduction Many patients commonly experience symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency or incontinence. They may wake 2-4 times at night to urinate, have a sensation of needing to urinate but produce only a small amount of urine, have frequent or even the surprisingly urgent need to urinate during the daytime. Does
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The first word that comes to mind when the word protein is mentioned is ‘meat’. Ā Meat can include beef, pork, fish, poultry, and eggs. Ā All animal meats are excellent sources of protein, some even have other sources of added nutrients such as iron. Ā However, a commonly forgotten protein source is plant protein. Ā Plants can also
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Insulin Resistance – A Stone Age Human In A Carbohydrate World We live in a culture that presently encourages consumption of large amounts of carbohydrates (sugars and starches) but our physiology did not evolve to properly metabolize these large amounts of carbohydrates. All humans on earth evolved from a small number of hunter gatherers that
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Weight Loss – Your Weight Problem Is Actually A Hunger Problem Most weight loss programs are focused on the consumption of calories.Ā Why is that?Ā You donāt āchooseā to eat extra calories every day.Ā You eat extra calories because your brain is demanding you to eat.Ā When you simply try to eat fewer calories your
Below are some of the handouts and papers I occasionally pass out in regards to my patients with Autonomic Disorders. Ā I will be adding more as I get the time to expand the contents of this web site. What is the Autonomic Nervous System? What is Insulin Resistance? Autonomic Dysfunction Handbook Some research I recently
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How Many Carbohydrates are Too Much? So what should we reduce our carbohydrate intake to?Ā The average American diet consists of 50-60% of calories from carbohydrates, and many highly processed carbohydrates at that.Ā Scientific studies suggest that most individuals can become extremely healthy if they reduce their carbohydrate intake to approximately 25% of their total
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Good Carbs and Bad Carbs It is important to understand there are some very healthy forms of carbohydrates that you can eat without excessively stimulating your hunger (in future posts look at the lists of low carbohydrate fruits in vegetables that can be incorporated as part of your diet). A mistake that patients of mine
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